Filing a police report against my Karate Instructor advice

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So I’ve been training at my local JKA club here in Taipei for over a year. This past weekend we had a special course with a Japanese Instructor in Taoyuan.

At the end of the course there was a competition.

I told my instructor I didn’t want to do it because competitions make me uncomfortable.

He responded by losing his temper, and among other things told me I wouldn’t be able to continue grading, I was irresponsible, I was irresponsible for starting my own business, refusing to return my grading book so I couldn’t leave, pointing at me like he was going to poke me. He also yelled at me in a threatening manner when I tried to leave so he could calm down.

I’ve already written a complaint to the JKA, but I’m wondering if it’s worth filing a police report, too. What do you think ?

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For what?

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I did taekwondo as a teenager. My experience was it was a martial art, as such if given an instruction you had no choice but to comply, sparring was part of it too, you couldn’t refuse.

Maybe your refusal was seen as disrespectful.

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Sounds like he has some self control issues and the association might care, but it isn’t against the law to be an asshole

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I don’t understand how your grading and business fit into all of this. I just get this “WTF” look on my face when reading your post.

That’s the whole point of martial arts. All that poomsae (whatever they call forms in Karate) crap is, well, just garbage. It’s all about sparring, in my opinion.

I’m not sure what illegal thing your instructor did. I would maybe just move on to another gym.

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Public intimidation, Public insults, coercion and illegal confinement.

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What, did he kiai you? lmao

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All of which you signed up for when you joined a martial arts class.

If a kid is reading a comic book in class, is the teacher going to take it off them when they refuse to participate??

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Well, depending on where it was, it could be public insult.

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I would say public insult. Lawyer could get a letter sent asking for compensation to avoid charges of public insult. Do you have any proof of the incident?

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No, but there were witnesses there. So it depends if they’d be willing to corroborate my version of events or not.

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Yeah. You might be able to win $20000 to $30000. Then deduct lawyer’s fees. Any cameras?

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You made him lose face.

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Get a life dude and toughen up ffs. And you do that nobody in karate will want anything to do with you.
Of course you could go the Taiwanese route and get ‘justice’ but what’s the point. You gonna come out of it better ?

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It was in a school gymnasium, so possibly?

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In karate we’re expected to be polite to each other at all times. A senior instructor losing their temper with a student over not wanting to participate in something that is entirely optional goes completely against the karate ethos.

Apart from the fact that I repeatedly told him I didn’t want to discuss it further, tried to de-escalate and asked for my property back so I could leave and he refused very clearly crosses a legal line in most countries.

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The legal forum is purely for discussing legal aspects of topics. Please everyone keep stuff elsewhere about Karate, difficult personalities or whatever. Thank you.

Closing this thread. If any other LEGAL aspects come up, please feel free to PM me.

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So I got excluded from jka Taiwan because I reported their chief instructor to the police. I have that admission in writing.

Under Taiwanese law that is called retaliation, which is illegal. So I want to see if it’s possible to sue them over it.

Can anyone recommend a good lawyer in Taipei I can talk to about it.

Cheers

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